Fibonacci and k-Subsecting Recursive Feature Elimination: Supplement

library(knitr)
library(dplyr)
library(tidyr)
library(ggplot2)
library(plotly)
library(DT)
library(ggthemes)
library(PMCMR)
library(scmamp)
knitr::opts_chunk$set(dpi=96, results = "asis")
knitr::knit_hooks$set(inline = function(x) {
  prettyNum(x, big.mark=",")
})
SAVE_EPS = F

prettyTable <- function(table_df, round_columns=numeric(), round_digits=3, make_plot=T) {
    DT::datatable(table_df, style="bootstrap", filter = "top", rownames = FALSE, extensions = "Buttons",
                  options = list(dom = 'Bfrtip', buttons = c('copy', 'csv', 'excel', 'pdf', 'print'))) %>%
    formatRound(round_columns, round_digits)
}
reportFriedman <- function(df, classifier, metric, metric_function, metric_direction=1, make_plot = T){
    averages = data.frame(df) %>%
        select(-c(Attributes, Number.of.classes, Min.class.examples, Max.class.examples)) %>%
        group_by(Dataset, Classifier, Feature.selector) %>%
        summarise_all(metric_function, na.rm=T) %>%
        data.frame() %>%
        filter(Feature.selector != 'All', Classifier == classifier) %>%
        select_("Dataset", "Feature.selector", metric) %>%
        spread("Feature.selector", metric) %>%
        select(-Dataset) %>%
        select(`FRFE`, `RFE-log`, `3-SRFE`, `RFE-log-3`, `5-SRFE`, `RFE-log-5`, `10-SRFE`, `RFE-log-10`) %>%
        data.matrix()
    
    if (metric_direction == 1) {
      averages_r = -averages
      averages_t = averages
    } else {
      averages_r = averages
      averages_t = -averages
    }
    ranks <- t(apply(averages_r, 1, rank))
    ranks <- ranks[,order(colMeans(ranks, na.rm=TRUE))]
    cat("<hr><strong>Friedman rank sum test</strong><br />")
    fTest <- friedman.test(averages_t)
    testResult <- capture.output(print(fTest))
    cat(testResult[5])
    cat("\r\n")
    mean_ranks <- t(colMeans(ranks, na.rm=TRUE))
    print(kable(mean_ranks, digits = 2))
    cat("\r\n")
    
    w_df <- data.frame(Subsecting = c("FRFE", "3-SRFE", "5-SRFE", "10-SRFE"),
                       Standard = c("RFE-log", "RFE-log-3", "RFE-log-5", "RFE-log-10"), 
                       p.value = c(-1, -1,-1, -1)) %>%
      mutate(Hypothesis = paste0(Subsecting, " vs ", Standard))
    cat("<hr><strong>Wilcoxon signed rank test</strong><br />")
    for (r in 1:nrow(w_df)){
      wTest <- wilcox.test(averages_t[,as.character(w_df[r, "Subsecting"])],
                           averages_t[,as.character(w_df[r, "Standard"])],
                           paired=TRUE, alternative = "g")
      w_df[r, "p.value"] <- wTest$p.value
    }
    print(kable(w_df %>% select(Hypothesis, p.value), digits = 3))
    cat("\r\n")
    
    
    
    if (make_plot){
        setEPS()
        par(mar=c(0,0,0,0))
        postscript(paste0("images/", metric, "_", classifier, "_",  "Friedman.eps"), width = 7, height = 3.4)
        plotCD(results.matrix = averages_t, alpha = 0.05, cex = 1.1)
        dev.off()
    }
    cat("<hr>")
    mean_ranks_df <- data.frame(`FRFE` = mean_ranks[1, "FRFE"], `RFE-log` = mean_ranks[1, "RFE-log"], `3-SRFE` = mean_ranks[1, "3-SRFE"], `RFE-log-3` = mean_ranks[1, "RFE-log-3"], `5-SRFE` = mean_ranks[1, "5-SRFE"], `RFE-log-5` = mean_ranks[1, "RFE-log-5"], `10-SRFE` = mean_ranks[1, "10-SRFE"], `RFE-log-10` = mean_ranks[1, "RFE-log-10"], `p-value` = fTest$p.value)
    mean_ranks_df
}

1 Results summary

1.1 Raw results

df <- read.csv("Benchmarks.csv", na.strings = c("?", "", "-")) %>%
    mutate(Dataset = as.character(Dataset), Classifier = as.character(Classifier), Selected.num = as.character(Selected.num)) %>%
    select(-c(Start.date, Selector.params, Scorer, Grid.scores, Selected.features))
df$Dataset <- substr(df$Dataset, 1, nchar(df$Dataset)-4)
df$Dataset <- as.factor(df$Dataset)
df$Classifier[startsWith(df$Classifier, "SVC")] <- "SVM"
df$Classifier[startsWith(df$Classifier, "Random")] <- "RF"
df$Classifier[startsWith(df$Classifier, "Logistic")] <- "LR"
df$Classifier[startsWith(df$Classifier, "LGBM")] <- "GBM"
df$Classifier <- as.factor(df$Classifier)
df$Selected.num[df$Selected.num == "error"] <- NA
df$Selected.num <- as.numeric(df$Selected.num)
prettyTable(df, c(9, 11:15))

1.2 Datasets

datasets_df <- df %>%
  select(Dataset, Examples, Attributes, Number.of.classes, Min.class.examples, Max.class.examples) %>%
  distinct()
  
prettyTable(datasets_df)

1.3 Mean cross-validation scores

cv_df <- df %>%
  select(-c(Attributes, Number.of.classes, Min.class.examples, Max.class.examples)) %>%
  group_by(Dataset, Classifier, Feature.selector) %>%
  summarise_all(mean, na_rm=T)
  
prettyTable(cv_df, c(5, 8:12))

2 Comparisons and statistical tests

classifiers <- as.character(unique(cv_df$Classifier))
metrics <- c("Selected.num", "Selected.num", "Accuracy", "Kappa", "Macro.recall", "G.mean", "Processing.time")
metric_functions <- c(mean, sd, mean, mean, mean, mean, mean)
mertric_headers <-c("Number of selected features", "Standard deviation of number of selected features", "Accuracy", "Kappa", "Macro recall", "G-mean", "Processing time")
metric_direction <- c(-1, -1, 1, 1, 1, 1, -1)
friedman_df <- data.frame(Metric = character(), Classifier = character(), `FRFE` = numeric(), `RFE-log` = numeric(), `3-SRFE` = numeric(), `RFE-log-3` = numeric(), `5-SRFE` = numeric(), `RFE-log-5` = numeric(), `10-SRFE` = numeric(), `RFE-log-10` = numeric(), `p-value` = numeric())
for (i in seq_along(metrics)){
  cat(paste0("## ", mertric_headers[i],"\r\n\r\n"))
  for (classifier in classifiers){
    cat(paste0("### ", classifier,"\r\n\r\n"))
    mean_ranks <- reportFriedman(df, classifier, metrics[i], metric_functions[i], metric_direction[i], make_plot = F)
    mean_df <- data.frame(Metric = mertric_headers[i], Classifier = classifier, `FRFE` = mean_ranks$FRFE, `RFE-log` = mean_ranks$RFE.log, `3-SRFE` = mean_ranks$X3.SRFE, `RFE-log-3` = mean_ranks$RFE.log.3, `5-SRFE` = mean_ranks$X5.SRFE, `RFE-log-5` = mean_ranks$RFE.log.5, `10-SRFE` = mean_ranks$X10.SRFE, `RFE-log-10` = mean_ranks$RFE.log.10, `p-value` = mean_ranks$p.value)
    friedman_df <- rbind(friedman_df, mean_df)
  }
}

2.1 Number of selected features

2.1.1 GBM

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Friedman rank sum test
Friedman chi-squared = 43.604, df = 7, p-value = 2.549e-07

3-SRFE	5-SRFE	FRFE	10-SRFE	RFE-log	RFE-log-3	RFE-log-5	RFE-log-10
3.02	3.7	3.75	3.82	5.25	5.29	5.54	5.64

---

Wilcoxon signed rank test

Hypothesis	p.value
FRFE vs RFE-log	0.003
3-SRFE vs RFE-log-3	0.000
5-SRFE vs RFE-log-5	0.002
10-SRFE vs RFE-log-10	0.003

---

2.1.2 LR

---

Friedman rank sum test
Friedman chi-squared = 49.037, df = 7, p-value = 2.231e-08

10-SRFE	3-SRFE	5-SRFE	RFE-log-10	FRFE	RFE-log-3	RFE-log-5	RFE-log
2.39	3.61	3.96	4.3	5.14	5.32	5.36	5.91

---

Wilcoxon signed rank test

Hypothesis	p.value
FRFE vs RFE-log	0.048
3-SRFE vs RFE-log-3	0.011
5-SRFE vs RFE-log-5	0.023
10-SRFE vs RFE-log-10	0.002

---

2.1.3 RF

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Friedman rank sum test
Friedman chi-squared = 30.123, df = 7, p-value = 9.013e-05

10-SRFE	3-SRFE	5-SRFE	RFE-log-5	RFE-log	RFE-log-10	FRFE	RFE-log-3
3.29	3.43	3.71	4.46	4.96	5.18	5.39	5.57

---

Wilcoxon signed rank test

Hypothesis	p.value
FRFE vs RFE-log	0.866
3-SRFE vs RFE-log-3	0.007
5-SRFE vs RFE-log-5	0.045
10-SRFE vs RFE-log-10	0.008

---

2.1.4 SVM

---

Friedman rank sum test
Friedman chi-squared = 37.86, df = 7, p-value = 3.221e-06

3-SRFE	10-SRFE	5-SRFE	RFE-log-5	FRFE	RFE-log-3	RFE-log-10	RFE-log
3.2	3.21	4	4.41	5.04	5.11	5.18	5.86

---

Wilcoxon signed rank test

Hypothesis	p.value
FRFE vs RFE-log	0.023
3-SRFE vs RFE-log-3	0.010
5-SRFE vs RFE-log-5	0.035
10-SRFE vs RFE-log-10	0.000

---

2.2 Standard deviation of number of selected features

2.2.1 GBM

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Friedman rank sum test
Friedman chi-squared = 9.0074, df = 7, p-value = 0.2521

FRFE	RFE-log	3-SRFE	5-SRFE	10-SRFE	RFE-log-3	RFE-log-5	RFE-log-10
3.07	3.88	3.88	4.38	4.75	4.79	5.61	5.66

---

Wilcoxon signed rank test

Hypothesis	p.value
FRFE vs RFE-log	0.212
3-SRFE vs RFE-log-3	0.041
5-SRFE vs RFE-log-5	0.041
10-SRFE vs RFE-log-10	0.045

---

2.2.2 LR

---

Friedman rank sum test
Friedman chi-squared = 30.955, df = 7, p-value = 6.337e-05

10-SRFE	5-SRFE	3-SRFE	FRFE	RFE-log-5	RFE-log	RFE-log-3	RFE-log-10
3.32	3.61	3.64	3.93	5.14	5.16	5.43	5.77

---

Wilcoxon signed rank test

Hypothesis	p.value
FRFE vs RFE-log	0.022
3-SRFE vs RFE-log-3	0.005
5-SRFE vs RFE-log-5	0.009
10-SRFE vs RFE-log-10	0.000

---

2.2.3 RF

---

Friedman rank sum test
Friedman chi-squared = 24.119, df = 7, p-value = 0.001086

FRFE	RFE-log-10	RFE-log	RFE-log-5	RFE-log-3	5-SRFE	10-SRFE	3-SRFE
3.46	3.88	4.09	4.11	4.29	4.64	5.61	5.93

---

Wilcoxon signed rank test

Hypothesis	p.value
FRFE vs RFE-log	0.140
3-SRFE vs RFE-log-3	0.929
5-SRFE vs RFE-log-5	0.786
10-SRFE vs RFE-log-10	0.997

---

2.2.4 SVM

---

Friedman rank sum test
Friedman chi-squared = 34.667, df = 7, p-value = 1.292e-05

FRFE	10-SRFE	3-SRFE	5-SRFE	RFE-log-10	RFE-log	RFE-log-5	RFE-log-3
3.18	3.43	3.75	4	5.07	5.39	5.57	5.61

---

Wilcoxon signed rank test

Hypothesis	p.value
FRFE vs RFE-log	0.000
3-SRFE vs RFE-log-3	0.002
5-SRFE vs RFE-log-5	0.004
10-SRFE vs RFE-log-10	0.000

---

2.3 Accuracy

2.3.1 GBM

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Friedman rank sum test
Friedman chi-squared = 7.8272, df = 7, p-value = 0.3481

RFE-log-3	RFE-log-5	RFE-log	RFE-log-10	FRFE	3-SRFE	10-SRFE	5-SRFE
3.77	4.23	4.36	4.39	4.64	4.79	4.79	5.04

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Wilcoxon signed rank test
cannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroes

Hypothesis	p.value
FRFE vs RFE-log	0.778
3-SRFE vs RFE-log-3	0.997
5-SRFE vs RFE-log-5	0.886
10-SRFE vs RFE-log-10	0.481

---

2.3.2 LR

---

Friedman rank sum test
Friedman chi-squared = 3.2789, df = 7, p-value = 0.8581

RFE-log-10	3-SRFE	FRFE	5-SRFE	RFE-log-5	10-SRFE	RFE-log	RFE-log-3
4.11	4.27	4.3	4.32	4.55	4.79	4.82	4.84

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Wilcoxon signed rank test
cannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroes

Hypothesis	p.value
FRFE vs RFE-log	0.434
3-SRFE vs RFE-log-3	0.623
5-SRFE vs RFE-log-5	0.530
10-SRFE vs RFE-log-10	0.841

---

2.3.3 RF

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Friedman rank sum test
Friedman chi-squared = 4.9125, df = 7, p-value = 0.6706

3-SRFE	5-SRFE	RFE-log-10	RFE-log-3	FRFE	RFE-log	10-SRFE	RFE-log-5
4.04	4.05	4.21	4.41	4.66	4.75	4.91	4.96

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Wilcoxon signed rank test
cannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroes

Hypothesis	p.value
FRFE vs RFE-log	0.457
3-SRFE vs RFE-log-3	0.415
5-SRFE vs RFE-log-5	0.092
10-SRFE vs RFE-log-10	0.928

---

2.3.4 SVM

---

Friedman rank sum test
Friedman chi-squared = 15.172, df = 7, p-value = 0.03385

RFE-log	RFE-log-5	RFE-log-10	RFE-log-3	3-SRFE	FRFE	10-SRFE	5-SRFE
3.82	4	4.02	4.34	4.45	4.64	5.14	5.59

---

Wilcoxon signed rank test
cannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroes

Hypothesis	p.value
FRFE vs RFE-log	0.928
3-SRFE vs RFE-log-3	0.847
5-SRFE vs RFE-log-5	0.995
10-SRFE vs RFE-log-10	0.839

---

2.4 Kappa

2.4.1 GBM

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Friedman rank sum test
Friedman chi-squared = 8.0687, df = 7, p-value = 0.3266

RFE-log-3	RFE-log-5	RFE-log-10	RFE-log	FRFE	10-SRFE	3-SRFE	5-SRFE
3.77	4.27	4.32	4.34	4.61	4.8	4.89	5

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Wilcoxon signed rank test
cannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroes

Hypothesis	p.value
FRFE vs RFE-log	0.823
3-SRFE vs RFE-log-3	0.997
5-SRFE vs RFE-log-5	0.911
10-SRFE vs RFE-log-10	0.444

---

2.4.2 LR

---

Friedman rank sum test
Friedman chi-squared = 3.1857, df = 7, p-value = 0.8673

RFE-log-10	3-SRFE	5-SRFE	FRFE	RFE-log-5	RFE-log	RFE-log-3	10-SRFE
4.11	4.29	4.3	4.38	4.46	4.82	4.82	4.82

---

Wilcoxon signed rank test
cannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroes

Hypothesis	p.value
FRFE vs RFE-log	0.536
3-SRFE vs RFE-log-3	0.618
5-SRFE vs RFE-log-5	0.518
10-SRFE vs RFE-log-10	0.823

---

2.4.3 RF

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Friedman rank sum test
Friedman chi-squared = 5.2849, df = 7, p-value = 0.6252

5-SRFE	RFE-log-10	3-SRFE	RFE-log-3	FRFE	RFE-log	10-SRFE	RFE-log-5
4.07	4.11	4.12	4.34	4.64	4.73	4.98	5

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Wilcoxon signed rank test
cannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with zeroes

Hypothesis	p.value
FRFE vs RFE-log	0.520
3-SRFE vs RFE-log-3	0.424
5-SRFE vs RFE-log-5	0.136
10-SRFE vs RFE-log-10	0.913

---

2.4.4 SVM

---

Friedman rank sum test
Friedman chi-squared = 13.647, df = 7, p-value = 0.05784

RFE-log	RFE-log-10	RFE-log-5	RFE-log-3	3-SRFE	FRFE	10-SRFE	5-SRFE
3.86	3.95	4	4.43	4.52	4.66	5.07	5.52

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Wilcoxon signed rank test
cannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroes

Hypothesis	p.value
FRFE vs RFE-log	0.938
3-SRFE vs RFE-log-3	0.835
5-SRFE vs RFE-log-5	0.994
10-SRFE vs RFE-log-10	0.855

---

2.5 Macro recall

2.5.1 GBM

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Friedman rank sum test
Friedman chi-squared = 6.6426, df = 7, p-value = 0.467

RFE-log-3	RFE-log-5	RFE-log	RFE-log-10	FRFE	10-SRFE	3-SRFE	5-SRFE
3.84	4.27	4.43	4.43	4.54	4.57	4.89	5.04

---

Wilcoxon signed rank test
cannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroes

Hypothesis	p.value
FRFE vs RFE-log	0.649
3-SRFE vs RFE-log-3	0.998
5-SRFE vs RFE-log-5	0.924
10-SRFE vs RFE-log-10	0.594

---

2.5.2 LR

---

Friedman rank sum test
Friedman chi-squared = 4.0346, df = 7, p-value = 0.7758

3-SRFE	RFE-log-10	FRFE	RFE-log-5	5-SRFE	RFE-log-3	10-SRFE	RFE-log
4.18	4.18	4.29	4.34	4.39	4.86	4.88	4.89

---

Wilcoxon signed rank test
cannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroes

Hypothesis	p.value
FRFE vs RFE-log	0.422
3-SRFE vs RFE-log-3	0.540
5-SRFE vs RFE-log-5	0.552
10-SRFE vs RFE-log-10	0.726

---

2.5.3 RF

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Friedman rank sum test
Friedman chi-squared = 6.6782, df = 7, p-value = 0.4631

5-SRFE	3-SRFE	RFE-log-10	RFE-log-3	FRFE	RFE-log	10-SRFE	RFE-log-5
3.86	4.11	4.12	4.41	4.68	4.88	4.96	4.98

---

Wilcoxon signed rank test
cannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroes

Hypothesis	p.value
FRFE vs RFE-log	0.390
3-SRFE vs RFE-log-3	0.385
5-SRFE vs RFE-log-5	0.094
10-SRFE vs RFE-log-10	0.960

---

2.5.4 SVM

---

Friedman rank sum test
Friedman chi-squared = 14.459, df = 7, p-value = 0.0436

RFE-log	RFE-log-10	RFE-log-5	RFE-log-3	3-SRFE	FRFE	10-SRFE	5-SRFE
3.82	3.98	4.12	4.27	4.43	4.71	5.11	5.55

---

Wilcoxon signed rank test
cannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroes

Hypothesis	p.value
FRFE vs RFE-log	0.930
3-SRFE vs RFE-log-3	0.859
5-SRFE vs RFE-log-5	0.994
10-SRFE vs RFE-log-10	0.812

---

2.6 G-mean

2.6.1 GBM

---

Friedman rank sum test
Friedman chi-squared = 6.9734, df = 7, p-value = 0.4317

RFE-log-3	RFE-log-10	RFE-log-5	FRFE	RFE-log	10-SRFE	5-SRFE	3-SRFE
3.77	4.32	4.41	4.48	4.52	4.61	4.86	5.04

---

Wilcoxon signed rank test
cannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with zeroes

Hypothesis	p.value
FRFE vs RFE-log	0.596
3-SRFE vs RFE-log-3	0.998
5-SRFE vs RFE-log-5	0.807
10-SRFE vs RFE-log-10	0.831

---

2.6.2 LR

---

Friedman rank sum test
Friedman chi-squared = 4.5779, df = 7, p-value = 0.7113

RFE-log-10	FRFE	RFE-log-5	5-SRFE	3-SRFE	RFE-log-3	RFE-log	10-SRFE
4.12	4.27	4.27	4.29	4.34	4.84	4.89	4.98

---

Wilcoxon signed rank test
cannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroes

Hypothesis	p.value
FRFE vs RFE-log	0.177
3-SRFE vs RFE-log-3	0.554
5-SRFE vs RFE-log-5	0.470
10-SRFE vs RFE-log-10	0.917

---

2.6.3 RF

---

Friedman rank sum test
Friedman chi-squared = 9.725, df = 7, p-value = 0.2047

5-SRFE	RFE-log-10	3-SRFE	FRFE	RFE-log-3	RFE-log	10-SRFE	RFE-log-5
3.71	4.09	4.21	4.36	4.59	4.61	5.07	5.36

---

Wilcoxon signed rank test
cannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with zeroes

Hypothesis	p.value
FRFE vs RFE-log	0.247
3-SRFE vs RFE-log-3	0.251
5-SRFE vs RFE-log-5	0.013
10-SRFE vs RFE-log-10	0.987

---

2.6.4 SVM

---

Friedman rank sum test
Friedman chi-squared = 12.58, df = 7, p-value = 0.08302

RFE-log	RFE-log-10	RFE-log-5	3-SRFE	RFE-log-3	FRFE	10-SRFE	5-SRFE
3.79	4.12	4.25	4.27	4.34	4.57	5.21	5.45

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Wilcoxon signed rank test
cannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with tiescannot compute exact p-value with zeroes

Hypothesis	p.value
FRFE vs RFE-log	0.876
3-SRFE vs RFE-log-3	0.610
5-SRFE vs RFE-log-5	0.962
10-SRFE vs RFE-log-10	0.762

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2.7 Processing time

2.7.1 GBM

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Friedman rank sum test
Friedman chi-squared = 92.266, df = 7, p-value < 2.2e-16

FRFE	RFE-log	5-SRFE	3-SRFE	RFE-log-5	10-SRFE	RFE-log-3	RFE-log-10
2.18	2.5	4.43	4.71	4.73	5.09	5.96	6.39

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Wilcoxon signed rank test
cannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with zeroes

Hypothesis	p.value
FRFE vs RFE-log	0.500
3-SRFE vs RFE-log-3	0.019
5-SRFE vs RFE-log-5	0.040
10-SRFE vs RFE-log-10	0.008

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2.7.2 LR

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Friedman rank sum test
Friedman chi-squared = 90.481, df = 7, p-value < 2.2e-16

FRFE	RFE-log	5-SRFE	RFE-log-5	10-SRFE	3-SRFE	RFE-log-3	RFE-log-10
1.91	2.41	4.02	4.91	5.09	5.23	5.73	6.7

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Wilcoxon signed rank test
cannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with zeroes

Hypothesis	p.value
FRFE vs RFE-log	0.524
3-SRFE vs RFE-log-3	0.346
5-SRFE vs RFE-log-5	0.232
10-SRFE vs RFE-log-10	0.113

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2.7.3 RF

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Friedman rank sum test
Friedman chi-squared = 152.58, df = 7, p-value < 2.2e-16

RFE-log	FRFE	RFE-log-5	RFE-log-3	5-SRFE	RFE-log-10	10-SRFE	3-SRFE
1.52	1.84	3.45	4.66	4.91	5.55	6.66	7.41

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Wilcoxon signed rank test
cannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with zeroes

Hypothesis	p.value
FRFE vs RFE-log	0.978
3-SRFE vs RFE-log-3	1.000
5-SRFE vs RFE-log-5	1.000
10-SRFE vs RFE-log-10	0.981

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2.7.4 SVM

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Friedman rank sum test
Friedman chi-squared = 92.818, df = 7, p-value < 2.2e-16

FRFE	RFE-log	5-SRFE	RFE-log-5	3-SRFE	10-SRFE	RFE-log-3	RFE-log-10
1.88	2.2	4.39	4.86	5.21	5.25	5.71	6.5

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Wilcoxon signed rank test
cannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with zeroescannot compute exact p-value with zeroes

Hypothesis	p.value
FRFE vs RFE-log	0.627
3-SRFE vs RFE-log-3	0.530
5-SRFE vs RFE-log-5	0.352
10-SRFE vs RFE-log-10	0.223

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2.8 Friedman tests summary

prettyTable(friedman_df, 3:ncol(friedman_df), 3)

3 Feature selection plots

df_grid <- read.csv("GridScores.csv", na.strings = c("?", "", "-")) %>% 
  mutate(Dataset = as.character(Dataset), Classifier = as.character(Classifier))
df_grid$Dataset <- substr(df_grid$Dataset, 1, nchar(df_grid$Dataset)-4)
df_grid$Dataset <- as.factor(df_grid$Dataset)
df_grid$Classifier[startsWith(df_grid$Classifier, "SVC")] <- "SVM"
df_grid$Classifier[startsWith(df_grid$Classifier, "Random")] <- "RF"
df_grid$Classifier[startsWith(df_grid$Classifier, "Logistic")] <- "LR"
df_grid$Classifier[startsWith(df_grid$Classifier, "LGBM")] <- "GBM"
df_grid$Classifier <- as.factor(df_grid$Classifier)
df_grid$Feature.selector = factor(df_grid$Feature.selector,levels(df_grid$Feature.selector)[c(4,2,3,1,5,7,8,6)])
df_grid$Type <- as.character(df_grid$Feature.selector)
df_grid$Type[df_grid$Type == "FRFE" | df_grid$Type == "3-SRFE" | df_grid$Type == "5-SRFE" | df_grid$Type == "10-SRFE"] <- "FRFE/k-SRFE"
df_grid$Type[df_grid$Type != "FRFE/k-SRFE"] <- "RFE"
df_grid$Type <- as.factor(df_grid$Type)
cbPalette <- c("#a6cee3", "#b2df8a", "#fb9a99", "#fdbf6f", "#1f78b4", "#33a02c", "#e31a1c", "#ff7f00")
for (dataset in unique(df_grid$Dataset)){
  plot_df <- df_grid %>% filter(Dataset == dataset, Fold == 0)
  p <- ggplot(plot_df, aes(Feature.num, Accuracy, color=Feature.selector)) + geom_point(alpha=0.6) + facet_grid(Classifier~Type) + theme_bw() + scale_color_manual(values=cbPalette, name="Selector") + xlab("Number of features")
  ggsave(paste0("images/", dataset, ".svg"), plot = p, dpi = 300, width=8, height=4, units = "in")
  ggsave(paste0("images/", dataset, ".png"), plot = p, dpi = 300, width=8, height=4, units = "in")
  print(p + ggtitle(dataset))
}